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Battling over books
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA bookstore. Jeff Greenberg / Contributor/Getty Images Conservative groups and Republican officials are campaigning to ban books from schools and...
Advocates say cultural competency training key for new teachers
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLandon Nelson knows which teachers approve of their LGBTQ students' sexual orientation and which ones don't. The 15-year-old Annandale High School sophomore says he feels comfortable and more ...
Who are the 2022 MacArthur 'genius grant' fellows?
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCHICAGO (AP) — A specialist in plastic waste management, artists, musicians, computer scientists, and a poet-ornithologist who advocates for Black people...
The campaign to replace I-794 with a surface street ramps up with webinar, images.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA campaign to persuade the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to replace I-794 with a surface...
Harry Sloan Among Joe Biden’s Appointees To U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council
Deadline via Yahoo News· 11 months agoHarry Sloan, the media investor and former CEO of MGM Studios, is among President Joe Biden’s...
Twenty years later, answers still sought in disappearance of Danny Newville
West Central Tribune, Willmar, Minn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 29—NEW LONDON — During the early morning hours of Aug. 1, 2002, Daniel Lee Newville was seen at a party in New London. It was the last time anyone saw the 18-year-old. Twenty years later ...
The life, times and empire of the cat known to millions as Lil Bub
The Herald-Times via Yahoo News· 3 months agoEditor's note: This story was updated on Feb. 12, 2024 at 11:33 a.m. to clarify what Lil Bub's Fund...
The Way They Were: Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness
Parade via Yahoo News· 7 months agoDeborra-Lee Furness and Hugh Jackman Hugh Jackman’s wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, was considered by...
Price faced scrutiny over votes tied to his wife. He's now charged over subsequent votes
LA Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCouncilmember Curren Price, as president pro tempore, presiding over Tuesday's City Council meeting....
School librarians vilified as the 'arm of Satan' in book-banning wars
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoConservatives vilify school librarians as "groomers and pedophiles" for stocking LGBTQ and racially...